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July 17, 1990 KY · Coal shuttle car operator, mantrip operator, ramcar operator, rail runner, buggy operator POWERED HAULAGE
Domestic Coal Energies Inc · Struck against a moving object

INJURED WAS ON OFF STANDARD CAR TURNING BREAK IN S+0 GO TO 6+60AD WHEN STANDARD CAR CAME FROM 4 TO 6 STRUCK OFFSTANDARD CAR IN SIDE & CAUGHT OPERATOR AGAINST CANOPY POST.

April 11, 1990 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Domestic Coal Energies Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPL WAS STRAIGHTENING BELT ROLLER IT SLIPPED & CUT HAND.

October 11, 1989 KY · Coal beltman, conveyor man, conveyor belt worker, mobile bridge carrierman, feeder operator, conveyor rider SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Domestic Coal Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ON BELT DRIVE OUTSIDE 1 MINE CONSTRUCT BEING DONE TO CANNOPY BELT DRIVE CLIMBING DOWN CAUGHT R FT IN ROPE

October 30, 1987 KY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ELECTRICAL
Domestic Coal Energies Inc · Contact with electrical current

REPAIRMAN WAS W2RKING ON BATTERY CHARGER AND BIDESED A WRENCH BETWEN THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE LEAD ON THE SCOOP BATTERIES.

January 17, 1986 KY · Coal roof bolter helper, rock bolter helper, pinner helper MACHINERY
Domestic Coal Energies Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE HAD HI8 LEFT HAND LAYING ON TOP OF THE ROOF BOLTER CANOPY WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MOVE THE MACHINE THE EMPLOYEE TRAMMED THE MACHINE INOT THE COAL RIB CATCHING HIS HAND BETWEEN THE CANOPY AND THE COAL 9IB THE EMPLOYEES LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CUT MASHED AND BROKEN

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